AI Camera Controversy Once Again in Cape Coral
City leaders though say it will help save your tax dollars. Cape Coralis talking about using AI cameras on trash trucks to help assist code enforcement. Gulf Coast news reporter Kennedy Mason is in Cape Corall with the idea that is already sparking some backlash. In Cape Coral, Trash Trucks Could do More Than Pick up Garbage City leaders are considering installing AI cameras on trash trucks to scan neighborhoods for possible code violations during their regular routes.
City Leader: Interesting Things We are Exploring Right Now with AI and Code Violations
Code has already looked at a software that will put AI cameras on trash trucks that drive up and down every single street. That software has the ability to identify bad roofs, broken windows that are code violations. If we deploy this, we could look at saying, tell us when there’s construction material at the curb. Because if someone’s got an entire tub in the kitchen at their curb, it’s likely they’re doing a remodel that needs a permit. So we’re not there yet. We’ve demoed it and we’ve looked at it.
The issue then becomes, well, what if we get 3,000 of them a week? Then we don’t even have a manpower issue to resolve.So we’re exploring how to best deploy AI cameras on trash trucks, figuring out what the costs are. There are some very unique and innovative AI software tools that are coming out to help code with some of these issues.
City Leader Says AI cameras on Trash Trucks May Save the City Money
Residents are concerned that code violations compliance officers may lose their jobs. They’re also worried about accuracy. A AI camera could go one way, but we don’t know what’s on the side of the house, and it could reflect something else. The city says it’s an alternative way to do what a code violation officer can do that’s more efficient than hiring additional staff. Still, privacy concerns remain.
